Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wuj8VZo_4Ac   Ramping up America’s current rather dismal CoVid booster vaccination rate could prevent more than half a million hospitalizations and save at least 70,000 lives.   The CDC reports that, as of last week, only 47% of booster-eligible Americans have received the shot that will offer significant Omicron protection.   The rate of booster vaccination nationwid...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/w1SujdrJgxk   Those with depression are are twice as likely to believe lies about CoVid.   Psychiatric investigators at Harvard’s Mass. General Hospital report these conclusions after analyzing responses from 2,809 adults completing two consecutive surveys two months apart.   Those with moderate or more severe major depression were more than twice as likely (2.2) to b...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/mg_dpDydTFc   More than 75% of patients expect to be contacted with abnormal test results within 24 hours.   Only 9% of clinicians agreed.   This disturbing non-connect is now reported by surgical investigators at the University of Colorado after surveying 57 patients and 69 clinicians.   Some 89.7% of patients and 80.6% of clinicians agree with the premise that patie...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5p8RfY3bZmg   There turns out to be good and bad news according to Boston University epidemiologists who looked at the relationship between CoVid and the ability of men and women to create offspring.   First the good headline: vaccination against CoVid does not reduce fertility.   Now the bad headline: an actual CoVid infection reduces the ability of men to father chi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/q5jIboTP-qM   We all know that regular exercise is the best thing you can do for your body.   If you’ve had a case of CoVid, when can you safely return to exercising.   British and Scottish sports medicine specialists weigh in with some guidelines to follow.   The first consideration is how severe a case of CoVid you experienced.   If it was a mild case with very few...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/bJtF6l7KcFs   More than two-thirds of those infected with CoVid continue to suffer some olfactory problems in some form at least 18 months later.   Neuroscientists at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute report this and other related finding following their longitudinal studies of 100 CoVid-infected individuals.   A group of 44 non-infected persons served as controls.   The...

Taste of Ins Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1x29IW1HDWk   The FDA and Poppies International, Inc are now extending their recall of their Delizza cream puffs to those branded as Taste of Inspirations.   This new recall is again due to small metal fragments in the product.   Ingesting these cream puffs could lead to injuries in the mouth, throat, and other parts of the digestive tract.   These cream pu...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/_wNSUXKYiHM   The CPSC and Textron Specialized Vehicles are recalling 2022 E-Z-GO Freedom RXV ELiTE, Freedom RXV Gas, and Freedom RXV 48V vehicles with a rear-facing seat.   The rear seat support infrastructure is subject to failures leading to the rear seat unexpectedly tilting creating injury hazards for passengers.   About 280 of these vehicles have been sold natio...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/pR3WgyfNzAU   The CPSC and Giant Bicycles and Giant Retailers are recalling 2021 Giant and Liv Adult Bicycles.   The recall involves model year 2021 Giant Cypress DX, Giant Escape 3 Comfort, Liv Flourish FS 1 and Liv Alight 3 Comfort bicycles.   The adjustable handlebar stem on these bicycles may become loose and create fall and injury hazards.   About 20,800 bicycles...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZSsIcC6kvnw   The CPSC and EGL Motor Inc. have recalled EGL and ACE Branded Youth All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).   These vehicles fail to comply with federal mandatory ATV safety standards in that children can operate them above the maximum allowable speeds creating risks for crashes and injuries.   In addition the handlebars cause a laceration risk should a child rider...

  https://youtu.be/lY2zSNyxIGo   The CPSC and HulovoX are recalling HulovoX Children’s Robes.   These unicorn robes fail to meet federal flammability standards for children;’s sleepwear. They were sold online by amazon.com from January through May 2021. Immediately stop your children from wearing these robes.   You may wait for Amazon to send you a prepaid mailer in order to return the robe for a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/9ltPIjlQUQc   The CPSC and 3 makers of residential elevators, Bella Elevator, LLC, Inclinator Company of America, and Savaria Corporation, now announce recalls on a total of 69,000 residential elevators in the US and in Canada.   All of these elevators share the same issue: young children can become trapped in the space between the exterior door and the interior eleva...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/U7CWHdT0SWQ   Receiving the first shot of a 2 shot mRNA vaccination battery on the day you test positive for CoVid or within 5 days afterward cuts your chances of dying from the disease by over 80%. This the conclusion of an Israeli study that analyzed data from 271,710 persons who tested CoVid-positive using the PCR test during the period from December, 2020 through...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Co-zziI5pmw   Learning comprehension and retention are unaffected by watching an instructional video at up to twice the speed.   Educational psychologists at UCLA studied this phenomenon in 231 of their undergrads by having them watch two 15 minute videos including one about the Roman Empire and the other about real estate appraisals.   Groups screened the videos at e...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1Ox1wde3AIU   From the “Yes….face masks really do make a difference ..department” comes a cut and dry engineering study that shows face masks reduce the distance an infectious aerosol travels by more than 50%.   Mechanical engineers at the University of Central Florida exhaustively studied 14 20-something participants to determine the effectiveness of various mask typ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4jmVx24TLiA   A full course of the Pfizer mRNA CoVid vaccine reduces that chance that an adolescent will develop the multi system inflammatory syndrome known as MIS-C by 91%.   A collaborative group of pediatric infectious disease specialists at 24 of our nation’s preeminent children’s hospitals and pediatric departments studied a total of 283 patients with a median a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gH6KKl_zACM   Young people under the age of 18 with CoVid are more than 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as those uninfected with this virus.   This conclusion is now reported by a CDC study group after their analysis of a US medical claims database covering a total of 80,893 persons with a mean age of 12 years and a fairly even gender mix.   The in...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PC6CTdTY8d0   The FDA and GHGA, LLC are recalling chicken salad croissants. This product contains undeclared fish. Those with a fish allergy or sensitivity could run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product. The product was sold by Kroger stores in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Those with fish allergies who purc...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wYzQQPMd0zM   The FDA and world health products LLC now recall GAT sport jetfuel diuretic.   This product contains undeclared milk in its medium chain triglycerides oil powder ingredient. Those with milk allergies could develop a serious or possibly life-threatening allergic reaction ingesting this product. Those with milk allergies or sensitivities who purchase this...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QbsQ5TL8y9U   The FDA and dole fresh vegetables Inc. are recalling all Dole branded and private label package salads processed at their Springfield Ohio and Soledad California production facilities. The salads contain listeria monocytogenes. This organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elders, and others with weakened immune system...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/pXam7A_pQU4   The FDA and Moor Herbs are recalling Moor herbs angel formula infant formula. This product fails to meet specific nutritional and labeling requirements for infant formula and contains more iron, sodium, and potassium than permitted by law. This could lead to overloads of these nutritional elements. The product also fails to contain sufficient Vitamin D w...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IlPzbFMTIds   The CPSC and CRT motors are recalling the CRT motor youth all-terrain vehicles. These vehicles fail to meet mandatory safety requirements for children who are able to operate them above the maximum allowed speed risking crashes and serious injuries. The handlebars on these ATVs also pose a laceration hazard. Immediately stop using these ATVs and do not p...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/OPUMJTnEFZA   The CPSC and Native Creation now recall Native Creation small wool sweaters. The paint on the zipper pull contains toxic levels of lead exceeding maximum federal safety standards. Excessive levels of lead can be toxic and create neurologic and other health problems for young children should the paint be ingested. About 170 of the sweaters were sold in th...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VOnZ2u1tCcs   The CPSC and Polaris are recalling Polaris Outlaw 110 EFI Youth All-Terrain Vehicles. The inner layer of the fuel line leaks and creates fire and burn hazards.   About 1100 of these vehicles were sold in the US and 2 were sold in Canada.   Immediately stop using these recalled vehicles and contact a Polaris dealer to schedule the free repair which involves...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/LjSlyGc0K1M   The CPSC and Colony Brands are recalling Colony Brands Covered Wood Wagons.   The paint on the wagons, the plastic handles, and the red plastic cover contain unsafe levels of lead that exceed federal safety standards. Excessive lead in pain is toxic and cause other health problems for young children if paint is ingested.  About 20 of these wagons were so...